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H. T. HAZARD.

CARTRIDGE IMPLEMENT.

Patented Apr. 29, 1884.

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CARTRIDGE IMPLEMENT.

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HENRY'T. HAZARD, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

CARTRIDGE IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,796, dated April 29, 1884.

Application filed August 11. 1883. (N0 model.)

To ctZZ whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY THOMAS HAZ- ARD, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Depriming and Repriming Gun-Cartridge Shells, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of implements which remove exploded primers from and seat fresh primers on gun-cartridge shells.

The objects of my invention are, first, to deprime one shell and reprime another at each complete motion of the machine; second, to automatically move the shells in succession from the depriming to the repriming mechanism, and thence out of the machine; third, to accurately adjust and firmly seat the primers. I attain these objects by means of the mechanism described herein, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of the machine, having a portion cut away to show the rear of the interior, and the front ends of the depriming and repriming plungers and ejector; Fig. 2, a vertical cross-section on the line a: a of Fig. 3; Fig. 3, a vertical longitudinal section on the line g y of Fig. 2. Fig. 4, is a perspective view of the cap-reservoir. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the same; Figs. 6 and 7, detail views of the spring-jaws and attendant parts.

A is the frame of the machine, and has a chamber, R, large enough to hold three shells,

one above the other.

B is the operating-slide, and plays longitudinally in the groove 0 in the side of the frame. A curved lever,v O, is pivoted near the lower front corner of the frame, and passes up through an opening in the projection P on the slide B, so as to advance and retract the slide as the lever is moved back and forth. On the slide B are mounted the deprimingplunger D, repriming-plunger E, and ejector F, which are so arranged that when the slide B is advanced the ejector F will engage the lower shell in the chamber R, the reprimingplunger E will center the middle shell, and the depriming-plunger D will center the upper shell. The de'primingplunger D has a pin, D, projecting from its center to eject the ex- 5 of the slide.

ploded primers. The plungers should be of such a size as to nicely lit the shells and holdv them in position while being operated upon. The slide B is wide enough to extend up into the reservoir I through the slot Z, and the upper side of the slide is beveled at the front end, so that when it is thrown back it does not project into the reservoir. Thus the primers in the reservoir are agitated by the movement An arm, 1", projects forward from the slide, and a lug, q, is mounted upon the inner side, so as to engage with the tube Q and remove it from off the anvil when the slide is thrown back.

In the front end of the frame there is a passageway, L, through which the shells are ejected from the machine, and projections XV WV extend across in front of the deprimingplunger D, to hold the shell stationary while being deprimed.

An anvil, K, is firmly affixed to the front of the frame, and projects back in line with the center of repriming-plunger, to hold the primers stationary while being seated. The end of this anvil is concave to fit a primer.

Acap-reservoin-I, open at the top, and having a tube, Q, projecting downward from it, is pivoted near the front of the machine, so as to allow the tube Q to swing back and forth freely. The tube Q is just large enough to allow a column of primers to move down it freely. At the lower end of this tube the sides thereof unite tofor1n a bottom. The rear is cut away to allow the lowermost primer to pass out, and the front is cut away to admit the anvil. Upon each side of the tube is mounted a spring, S, having two lugs, tand it, upon its free end, to project across and partially close bothsides of the passageway V, and hold the lowermost primer in position. The front lugs, t t, are beveled, so that when they are pressed forward against the anvil K the springs S S are thrown back from the tube, and the passage V is thereby opened, so that the primer may pass out. The'left side of the frame is partially cut away, to allow easy access to the shells in the chamber R, and its upper edge is curved outward, to facilitate the feeding of the shells. An inclined runway may be attached to this side of the frame, so that the shells may be fed to the machine by chamber.

simply placing them on the runway and allowing them to roll down the same into the There are projections at the rear of the frame which intercept the shells, as the plungers are retracted, and retain them in the chamber R.

A clamp, G, is attached to the front end of the frame, and extends back under the machine, to secure it to a table or other support.

A spring, I), is mounted upon the inside of the reservoir I, and has a beveled lug, 22, projecting through the side of the reservoir into the path of the lever 0, so that when the lever is advanced it engages with the lug and throws the spring 12 inward. This spring terminates just above the mouth of the tube Q, and by its movement prevents any clogging of the primers in the reservoir. The bottom of the reservoir may also be made movable, and be raised and lowered by the movement of the depriming-plunger, to prevent clogging.

The operation of the machine is as follows: It is first attached to a table by the clamp G. The primers are then emptied upon the table, and those falling upon their open ends are separated from the rest. The reservoir I is detached from the frame and held against the edge of the table, so that the rear side of the reservoir registers with the top of the table. All of the primers resting upon their open ends are moved into the reservoir. The reservoir is now turned over, and the remainder of the primers, resting upon their closed ends, are shoved into it. Thus the reservoir is supplied with primers all of which present their open ends toward the rear of the machine when the reservoir is in position. The exploded shells are placed to the left of the machine within easy reach of the operator-,who now holds one is placed above the same.

of them in line with the depriming-plungerD, with its open end facing the same, and advances the lever C until the depriming-pin D enters the ventin the head of the shell and forces the primer from its seat therein. This shell is now held in line with the reprimer, and a shell having 011 it an exploded primer The lever O is advanced, and, engaging with the projection P, pushes the slide B forward. The plungers D and E enter their respective shells. The depriming-pin D enters the vent, as before described, and ejects the exploded primer, while the end of the repriming-plunger engages with the head of the deprimed shell and forces it against the tube Q, which swings forward toward the anvil K. The lugs 25 t' engage with the anvil K, and the springs S S are thrown back from the tube, leaving the passage-way V open. The primer at the bottom of the tube comes in contact with the anvil and remains stationary, while the shell advances and receives it into the seat therefor. The lever is now thrown back, the plungersand ejector recede, the primed shell falls to the floor of the machine, and the deprimed shell falls into line withthereprimingmechanism. Anothershell is placed in from above, and the operation is repeated. As the slide advances, the ejector comes in contact with the reprimed shell on the floor of the frame, and ejects it through the opening L. As the distance between the projection P and pivot Z is great when the slide is retracted, as shown in Fig. 1, the advance of the plungers is rapid at first; but as the slide advances the distance between the projection and the pivot decreases, and the advance is less rapid, but greater force is ex- I desirable to provide so many means for preventing the clogging of the primers in the reservoir. Where this is the case I prefer to dispense with the movable bottom and slot Z, make the slide B narrower and not beveled, and simply use the spring I) with its beveled lug b, as I believe it will, under ordinary circumstances, be sufficient.

In factories where it is desired to simply. prime the shells, without having to remove exploded primers, the priming mechanism may be used alone and be operated by reciprocal motion without the use of the lever.

Such features as are shown both in this application and in a former application filed by me on the 26th day of April, 1883, and designated by Serial N 0. 93,019, but claimed in said former application, are hereby disclaimed in this.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an implement substantially such as described, the combination of a frame, A, provided with an anvil, K, a swinging magazine, a tube, Q, provided with spring-jaws S, and a slide, B, provided with plunger E, to press the ,shell against the anvil, and with and r, having lateral projection q, to move the magazine-tube away from the anvil, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with frame A, having anvil K and support W, a slide, B, provided with decapping -plunger D and recappingplunger E, and the hand-lever'O, pivoted to the frame A and working between lugs on the side of slide B, whereby movement of the lever is caused to move the slide. I

3. The priming mechanism consisting of a reciprocating plunger, a stationary anvil, and a movable cap-tube having a passage -way across it, substantially as shown, whereby the shell is advanced upon the primer and receives it into the pocket thereof. 7

4. In combination with a plunger adapted tocarry a shell, and with a fixed anvil in line with the center of the plunger, a primer-feeding mechanism consisting of a tube closed at its lower end, and having a passage across it closed by movable j aws, substantially as shown,

be seated in an advancing shell.

5. In an implement such as described, the Y I combination of a frame provided with a support, W, cut out, as shown, to support a cartridge shell without covering the primerpocket, and having stationary anvil K below the support XV, plungers D and E, the former in line with support NV, and provided with a decapping-pin, the latter in line with anvil K, and means, substantially as described, for moving said plungers, whereby a shell may be deprimed by the plunger D and carried by gravity into position to be primed by the plunger E.

6. In combination with frame A, plunger E, and means, substantially as shown and de scribed, for imparting a reciprocating motion to said plunger, a flat detachable reservoir, I, provided with tube Q and spring-jaws S, said jaws preventing the escape of primers in applying the magazine or reservoir to the frame or in handling after filling.

7. In combination with reservoir I, a springarm, 12, within the reservoir, provided with an outwardly-projecting incline, b, and an operating-lever, O, and capping-plunger E, said lever arranged, substantially as described and shown, to act upon the incline b.

8. In combination with frame A, reservoir I, cap-tube Q, and plunger E, slide B, carrying said plunger, and provided with an incline to enter a slot, Z, in the cap-reservoir beneath the caps, and an operating-lever, 0, applied substantially as shown.

HENRY T. HAZARD. \Vitnesses:

Ms. B. TowNsEND, JOHN P. PONDER. 

